The Essential Collection

Tracklist

• CD 1: In The Studio
• 1
  My Baby Just Cares for Me
  3:38
  3.9 ★
• 2
  Don’t Smoke in Bed
  3:11
  4.0 ★
• 3
  He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands
  3:10
• 4
  Mood Indigo
  4:03
  5.0 ★
• 5
  He Needs Me
  2:30
  5.0 ★
• 6
  African Mailman
  3:10
• 7
  Love Me or Leave Me
  3:22
  4.6 ★
• 8
  I Loves You Porgy
  4:10
  3.5 ★
• 9
  Good Bait
  5:27
  3.6 ★
• 10
  For All We Know
  4:01
• 11
  Central Park Blues
  3:07
  4.0 ★
• 12
  You’ll Never Walk Alone
  3:47
  5.0 ★
• 13
  Plain Gold Ring
  3:50
  3.0 ★
• 14
  Little Girl Blue
  4:16
  4.0 ★
• CD 2: Live
• 1
  The House of the Rising Sun
  6:57
  2.0 ★
• 2
  Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood
  3:51
  2.0 ★
• 3
  Ain’t Got No, I Got Life
  4:41
• 4
  Ain’t No Use
  2:46
• 5
  The Assignment Song
  4:55
  1.0 ★
• 6
  Gin House Blues
  4:55
• 7
  Do What You Gotta Do
  3:44
  3.0 ★
• 8
  See Line Woman
  3:44
• 9
  The Other Woman
  4:14
• 10
  Four Women
  4:51
• 11
  I Sing Just to Know That I’m Alive
  2:30
  1.5 ★

More by Nina Simone

Pastel Blues

Pastel Blues 1965

The Greatest Hits

The Greatest Hits 2003

The Diva Series

The Diva Series 2003

Sugar in My Bowl: The Very Best of Nina Simone 1967-1972

Sugar in My Bowl: The Very Best of Nina Simone 1967-1972 1998

Nina Simone

Nina Simone 1997

Legends

Legends 1994

Release credits

• Al Shackman
  bass [7, 9-10]
• Albert “Tootie” Heath
  drums (drum set) [1-14]
• Arthur Adams
  guitar [7, 9-10]
• James E. Bond
  bass [2-4, 9, 12-14], double bass [1, 5-8, 10-11]
• Nina Simone
  arranger [1], lead vocals [1.1-2, 1.4-5, 1.7-8, 1.13-14, 2.1-6], piano [2.7, 2.9-10, 1.1-14], vocal [1.3, 1.10, 2.10]
• Paul Robinson
  drums (drum set) [7, 9-10]

Issues

• 

  T
  The Essential Collection

  2x CD
  2003
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  L
  Love Me or Leave Me (Essential Collection)

  2x CD
  2011